Couch-hammock.



UNITED STATES PATENT @FFICE.

GEORGE F. SISBOWER, OF EAST ORANGE, NEW JERSEY, AND LOUIS EDWARDPITTONI, .OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNORS TO NEW YORK COUCH BED COMPANY, 0F NEWYORK, N. Y., A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK. v

COUGH-HAM-MOCK.

Specification of Letters Patent.

- Patented May 26, 1914.

Application-filed November 19, 1912. Serial No. 732,365.

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Be it known that we, GEORGE F. Srsnowna, a citizen of the United States,residing at East Orange, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey,and LOUIS EDWARD Prr'roNr, a subject of'the King of Italy, residing atNew York city, county and State of New York, have invented certain newand useful Improvements in Couch-,Hammocks, the following being a full,clear, and exact disclosure of the one form of our invention which we atpresent deem preferable.

For a detailed description of the present form of our invention,reference may be had to the following specification and to theaccompanying drawing forming a part thereof, in which Figure 1 is aperspective view of our device with certain parts taken away; Figs. 2,

3 and 4, show details.

Our invention relates to the mode of suspending the hammock and theattachment of the back rail thereto.

Referring to the drawing, A represents one of the side-bars of a rigidmetal mattress frame and B one of the cross-bars thereof to which theusual-metallic spring fabric of the mattress is attached.

C represents the upholstery covering the mattress fabric. At each end avertical strip of fabric D is secured at its lower edge to the cross-barB and at its upper edge to a bar E pocketed in a hem along that edge.The bar E terminates at each end in a hook and the two hooks are engagedrespectively by chains H, H which lead downward to the respective endsof the cross-bar B to which the are secured. There will be four of these0 ains in all, one at each corner of the mattress frame.

J, J are diagonal chains secured to the bar and converging to a ring bywhich the hammock is suspended. To the vertical chain H we attach a clipK (see Figs. 2 and 3) of sheet metal adapted to be bent into the linksof the chain upon which are riveted two undercut studs 70 and 70 havingenlarged heads and contracted necks and back-rail and the wind guard Fattached thereto can be readily secured 'to or removed ".from thehammock, and when the rail is in be attached to a flexible end member ofthe hammock and have, a separable connection therewith.

What we claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. A couch hammock provided with' a mattress frame flexible supportingmeans at each end thereof provided with studs. a back rail, and a memberat each end of said back rail to receive said studs to detachably securesaid end rail to said supports.

2. A couch hammock provided with a mattress frame, a chain at each endthereof, a member provided with studs secured to each of said chains, aback rail, and a member secured to each end of said rail to receive saidstuds to detachably secure said rail to said chains.

A couch hammock-comprising a mattress framc. a chain at cach cudthereof. a clip secured to each of said chains and provided with studs,a back rail, and a plate secured to each end of said rail and providedwith slots to receive said studs.

4. A separable connection between the back-rail and flexible end memberof a couch back-rail and supporting chain of a couch hammock comprisinga part of flexible metal adapted to be bent into the links of the chainand an engaging part on the end of, the back-rail.

7. A couch-hammock provided with a mattress-frame, end-supports eachhaving a rigid upper edge-and a flexible intermediate portion, anundercut stud provided with a back-plate Secured to the fiexihie portionof each end support, and a buck rail provided at its end With slottedmembers for engaging the said. studs.

8. A e-onelrhmnineek previded with a mettressirume, end supports eachhaving a rigid upper edge and a flexible intermediate portion, ahack-plate secnred to the lexible portion of'eaeh end-support, {thack-rail extending between said flexible portions, and separableconnection-devices between each end of the back rail and the adjacentfiexible portion, one half of each connection device being carried bysaid back-plate and the other half by one end of the back milecouch-hammock provided with a frame, end-supports having a rigid p dgeand an intermediate flexible por n, a inlcklil-li having at each end aplate T 1th :1 slot therein opening downwardly,

and undercut studs secured to the said flexible portion of eachend-support and adapted to engage the said slot.

10. A- couch-hammock provided with a mattress-frame, end-supports havinga rigid upper edge and an intermediate flexible portion, hack-platessecured to said flexible p0rtions, studs projecting from. saidbeck-plate and a back-rail provided at its ende with siotted plateshaving a non-twisting engegement with said-studs.

In Witness, whereof We have hereunto set our hands, before twosubscribing Witnesses, this thirteenth day of November, 1912.

( QORGE F. SISBOWER.

LGUIS EDWARD PrrTONI.

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